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280 entries under verb topic. ×
| be defective | |
| be in arrears(fall, bomb, flop, nose-dive) | |
| be taken to the cleaners(fall, bomb, flop, nose-dive) | |
| be unable to find(drop, fail, miss, mislay) | |
| become insolvent(expression, fall, bomb, flop) | |
| betray(fail, disappoint) | |
| break(fall, bomb, flop, nose-dive) | |
| bring down to earth(expression, idiom, sadden, disappoint) | |
| bring to naught(expression, idiom, sadden, disappoint) | |
| bungle(sadden, disappoint, dishearten, goof) | |
| cast down(expression, sadden, disappoint, dishearten) | |
| chagrin(sadden, disappoint, dishearten, disillusion) | |
| choke | |
| circumvent(sadden, disappoint, dishearten, disillusion) | |
| close down(expression, fall, bomb, flop) | |
| come apart(expression, phrasal verb, fail, fold) | |
| condense(reduce, diminish, contract, narrow) | |
| curtail(reduce, shrink, shrivel, atrophy) | |
| cut(reduce, shrink, shrivel, atrophy) | |
| dash(sadden, disappoint, dishearten, disillusion) |
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